Online travel agency CheapAircom says it has found a workaround that will let it continue to accept cryptocurrency and Payroc LLC has become the latest payments provider to offer crypto to merchant clients Calabasas Calif-based CheapAir notified customers on Friday that it has found a new provider for Bitcoin acceptance after learning its long-time processor Coinbase had discontinued some crucial tools For about a month now we have been testing an open source Bitcoin payment processor BTCPayServer which admittedly I had never heard of before several of you suggested I take a look at it says Jeff Klee CheapAirs chief executive in a letter posted on the companys site Although there was a slight learning curve at first and some engineering work to create the flow to turn crypto from you into dollars for airlines and hotels we are thrilled with the end result Klee Although there was a slight learning curve at first and some engineering work to create the flow to turn crypto from you into dollars for airlines and hotels we are thrilled with the end result The issue for the 29-year-old travel company is that while it accepts Bitcoin from its customers it must remit to most airlines hotels and car-rental agencies in so-called fiat currency such as dollars When San Francisco-based Coinbase earlier this year launched its new merchant platform Coinbase Commerce it also discontinued its Merchant Tools application programming interfaces These APIs were critical for CheapAir which has accepted Bitcoin since 2013 We were in unfamiliar territory to be suddenly scrambling for an alternative says Klees letter He adds that CheapAir has created a support unit just for crypto matters that can answer customer inquiries about Bitcoin and other digital currencies While Bitcoin accounts for a small fraction of CheapAirs sales the company has done more than 10 million in volume on the cryptocurrency to date Klee told Digital Transactions News in May that sales in Bitcoin have picked up markedly over the past year CheapAirs move to retain Bitcoin acceptance contrasts with the decision in May by online-booking giant Expedia Inc to stop accepting it for airline and lodging payments Expedia had accepted Bitcoin since 2014 In a related development Tinley Park Ill-based Payroc has joined a so-far exclusive club of independent sales organizations that have embraced cryptocurrencies as a payment option for merchants Payrocs partnership with Park City Utah-based blockchain provider Ethosio PTE will allow merchants to accept Bitcoin Ethereum and Bitcoin Cash according to a joint announcement released on Monday Our merchants will be able to accept payments via traditional credit cards automated clearing house PayPal and now popular cryptocurrencies said Jared Poulson chief integrations officer for Payroc in a statement Other ISOs exploring or acting on crypto acceptance include Aliant Payment Systems Inc Fort Lauderdale Fla which in May announced a referral partnership with iPayment Inc in which the Westlake Village Calif-based processor will send interested merchants to Aliant for processing Aliant supports Bitcoin Litecoin and Ether acceptance